Unscramble the words below and follow the directions in parentheses. Unscramble the new letters to get the name of a former U.S. President.

evon (take the 1st and 2nd letters)

cromaeviw (take the 5th and 9th letters)

drigef (take the 2nd and 6th letters)

knsi (take the 1st letter)

blate (take the 1st and 4th letters)

Answer

The unscrambled words are:

oven

microwave

fridge

sink or skin

table

o, v, o, e, r, e, s, t, l

Unscramble the letters to get:

Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919), also known as T.R. and to the public as Teddy, was the 26th President of the United States (1901-1909). He was the 25th Vice President before becoming President upon the assassination of President William McKinley. At age 42, he was the youngest President to date. Within the Republican Party he was a Progressive reformer who sought to bring his party's conservative ideals into the 20th century. He broke with his friend and appointed successor William Howard Taft and ran as a third-party candidate in 1912 on the Progressive Party ticket.

I got halfway there (all the kitchen scrambles, and microwave was a good one!) but then gave up before trying too hard with the president... just didn't ever learn them, being Canadian and all, and so I figured I'd look up a list and save myself the brain power. I probably could've gotten it if I kept at it, since I have heard of the guy, but once I got the letters to say "LOSTROVER" I couldn't keep a straight face anymore.

I thought it was hard. I worked the anagrams and president together, anagrams being difficult for me ( I didn't even see oven for a while). The length of the name cut out many presidents and I got it from that and what was missing in the anagram letters. That gave me clues to guess the other anagrams but not microwave. All in all challenging but not frustrating. Just right. A good teaser!